Events Calendar

Conferences/public lectures

The Centre normally holds three one-to-two day conferences in the academic year, and may host others, as well as offering public lectures. The Stephen Copley lecture is held annually, and CECS staff have given papers for the York Festival of Ideas.

Research Seminars

Where the CECS community of staff and students gather to hear and debate the latest research about the eighteenth century. Centre research seminars are held regularly in semester time on Tuesdays in HG/09 in Heslington Hall.

Postgraduate Forum

The CECS Postgraduate Forum is a student-lead interdisciplinary research group that meets to listen to and discuss papers from fellow York postgrads, students from other universities, and visiting professors, in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Forthcoming Events

Tue

Feb

Of a ‘lively dark eye’ or ‘chilly and tender’: Jane Austen, the Morality of Empire, and the Hidden Scottish Presence

CECS research seminar with Désha Osborne, University of Edinburgh

Mon

Mar

Screening of In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters (Askew Pictures)

Delve into the extraordinary life of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first globally recognized African-American female poet. The film explores her remarkable resilience, quest for freedom, and her lasting legacy.

Tue

Mar

Well bred? Enlightenment Thought and the Formation of an Aristocratic Ideal in Britain

CECS Research Seminar with Ruth Larsen, University of Derby

Sat

Mar

“Be-Nelsoned all over”: Patriotic Fashion in Eighteenth-Century Britain

York Georgian Society Lecture with Serena Dyer